Recently, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced that they will be handing out 800,000 masks to truck drivers at six locations around the country. Together with the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Department of Transportation, they are creating a network around the country…
The director of safety and security for the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has confirmed that around 800,000 masks will be distributed at designated rest areas around the country. Coordinating these efforts is the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Transportation, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. No dates of…
As a way to help curb the spread of COVID-19, the Government of Canada is now requiring anyone who is entering the country to wear a non-medical mask or face covering. If available, a mask will be provided to those who don’t have one. This goes along with the requirement…
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association is asking those in the grocery industry to help take care of the truckers that deliver the goods. Truckers are risking their health and lives to make sure the shelves are full at these places and the OOIDA is asking for them to have access…
Truckers are struggling out there with closed rest stops, a lack of available food, and extended wait times. Truckers are the ones out there, risking their health, to make sure we have food on our shelves and necessary supplies available. Freightwaves has put together some information they have gathered to…
Love’s Travel Stops has donated $100,000 to the St. Christopher Truckers Development and Relief Fund. This fund helps truckers who have fallen on hard times due to illness or injury and right now truckers are at greater risk of getting sick due to the pandemic going on out there. Truckers…
New York Senator Chuck Schumer is asking for a “Hero’s Fund” to pay those front-line workers who are putting themselves at risk to help the rest of us stay safe and make sure we have our foods and essentials. Front-line workers include truck drivers, healthcare workers, grocery store clerks and…
Transportation company C.H. Robinson has donated $50,000 to the St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund. The Relief Fund provides financial assistance and support to truckers and their families when the trucker is out of work due to illness or injury. With the pandemic that is happening and truckers still rolling, there…
To go along with the rest of Arizona’s open rest stops, the Arizona Department of Transportation has decided to reopen two rest stops exclusively for commercial vehicles. The Parks Rest Area along Interstate 40 west of Flagstaff (milepost 182) and the Christensen Rest Area on Interstate 17 south of Flagstaff…
The U.S. Department of Transporation Pipeline of Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is temporarily changing some of its rules regarding the shipment of hand sanitizers that contain alcohol. The COVID-19 health crisis is creating a demand for more sanitation products to be available and some trucking companies are changing up what…